D’Souza’s probably going to jail

I guess his faith didn’t help him, for according to New York’s Daily News, Dinesh D’Souza pleaded guilty to felony violations of campaign finance laws (he was originally charged with making false statements, but those charges were apparently dropped in the plea bargain).

The feds will dismiss the false statements count when D’Souza is sentenced on Sept. 23. The illegal contributions count carries a maximum sentence of two years in prison, but his plea deal calls for 10 to 16 months behind bars.

That certainly implies jail, but the News adds

D’Souza will likely seek a more lenient sentence but may be fined up to $250,000.

“I knew that causing a campaign contribution to be made in the name of another was wrong and something the law forbids,” D’Souza, wearing a black suit and colorful tie, said softly in court.

When St. Peter was imprisoned, his followers prayed for his release. In response, God sent an angel to free him (Acts 12:1-19). Christians should try praying now. Hey, if it happened once, it could happen again, and there are tens of millions more Christians now than in St. Peter’s time, so their prayers should be even more effective.

I’ll believe D’Souza is going to jail when I see it. Of course, D’Souza is just a multimillionaire, not in the same league with Alice Walton who has been arrested for a couple of DUI offenses. The woman is worth $20 billion and was fined $925.

That Dinesh D’Souza might serve some time in jail is music to my ears. Even if he doesn’t spend any time in jail this is a major blow to a right-wing theocrat. It might (at least in my dreams) cause others of his ilk to pause before lying for jebus. Yeah, I know, I’m more likely to find a pink unicorn in my back yard tomorrow morning.

Probably are more likely to find just that. These types invariably rally around one another in these cases (the only time they might not close ranks quite so much is in cases like the televangelist scandals, where there was a lot of jockeying and jealousy for money and power).

D’Souza’s pals will more likely try to play this as just one more example of how the Godly Right is being persecuted in this country, and attempt to hold him up as some sort of martyr figure. The best that can be hoped for is that not too many people will fall for it.

“…expressing hope that the court would ‘recognize Mr. D’Souza to be a fundamentally honorable man who should not be imprisoned for what was an isolated instance of wrongdoing in an otherwise productive and responsible life.’ ”

Timothy H. probably has it about right. The full fine amount, suspended sentence/a few months tops, supervised probation for a couple of years. The best part of this will be seeing who from his ideological clan sticks with him vs who stays silent, and whether any righty media mouthpieces state he asked for it.

Even more remarkable will be if a righty says “Yeah, Dinesh broke the law, but …” and then lists a litany of notables from the left who got away with the same or worse.

Even more remarkable than that: if any Dem “crimes” juxtaposed against what D’Sewer is convicted of are presented without any creative dodgy editing by the paragons of virtue representing the Party of Values.

D’Souza will is a simple white collar criminal who will be fine in a country club prison for his sentence, however many 10’s of months it will last. He won’t be in Leavenworth and will probably have conjugal visits with the “woman who was the cause”** of his firing from The King’s College.
**Christian moral logic, not mine.
He’ll be fine, and come out as just another martyr for his Christian cause … Christ how predictable …

and will probably have conjugal visits with the “woman who was the cause”** of his firing from The King’s College.
**Christian moral logic, not mine.

Sorry, I’ve been treating this subject with the contempt it deserves. I though it was about some financial irregularities or theft or something. Was he porking the staff/ students/ someone-elses’ wife too? Or all of the above?

The really outrageous thing about this isn’t the petty crime. It’s that he proclaimed his innocence for months, and had the nerve to blame his plight on payback for criticizing Obama, and now he’s sniveling before the judge and the public through his lawyer.

Well, it really makes sense (seriously) to house people like D’Souza and Stewart at minimum security facilities. They are not a violence or flight risk, so why spend tons more taxpayer dollars on them?

I don’t really care whether they do “hard time” or not. Being deprived of your freedom, having your dirty laundry aired in public and being show up to be a liar are pretty bad for some one like D’Souza. He isn’t going to like it and it’s going to burn.

Also, I think afterwards he can expect the IRS to look more closely at his expenditures. That might be the worst punishement of all – after this, candidates will ignore him because they know he can’t get away with the large illegal donations they realy want.

Oh, so he’s an American. I wasn’t sure – just that I thought it was something in America.
But, I thought that juries were meant to be “of your peers”, and therefore between 1 and 2% of jurors should be time-serving (or perhaps for logistical reasons, time-served) prisoners.
Just a second, wasn’t “Shrub” a convicted felon for drugs and drunk-driving, or something equally righteous?

Steven Gough would disagree, vigorously, with you. And unlike many vigorous disagreers, he does have the courage of his convictions. And the convictions of his courage.
And he does it in decidedly sub-tropical Scotland (and less-than tropical Englandshire too).

Well, I looked at the picture and that tie does rather jump out at you. (I like bold ties, FWIW.) I agree that that sounds strange in a news article, but the Daily News is pretty much of a sensationalist gossip rag, IIRC.

I don’t understand this. Why did he even do this? Was there a cap on his donations? I thought that money was speech now. Why is Mr. D’Souza not allowed to contribute obscene amounts of money? Doesn’t this violate his free speech rights? We have all these campaign finance laws and yet corruption is rampant.